Ka-26 fake

[boxkite]

Fake Russian Ka-26 Helicopter Factory Unearthed in Moldova

At first glance, the hulls are similar to the Ka-26, but they are not. But what are they then? Every fuselage has differences. Mock-ups? Made for movie sets?

 

[TomS]

From the way police described it, these were real, functional helicopters being made without licences or inspection and apparently being sold to actual end users in the former Soviet Union


A local report (Google gave a decent translation):

Procuratura oferă noi detalii despre mini fabrica de elicoptere din Criuleni. Abia acum anunţă despre reţineri şi ce concret s-a descoperit

Investigațiile pe dosarul privind asamblarea clandestină a elicopterelor, la Criuleni, despre care Procuratura pentru Combaterea Criminalității Organizate și

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[TomcatViP]

Mercenary (deniable)?

 

[TomS]

Mercenary (deniable)?

Or just cheap aircraft with fake paperwork being sold into commercial markets.

I very much doubt that anyone who was trying to build a deniable military capability would want aircraft this shoddy.

 

[Galvars]

On the other hand there is an information that it was not a factory but magazine and workshop of inventor Jurij Czaban that legally work on innovations and modifications of Ka-26 that he already patented.

So plot thickens.

 

[Dilandu]

Or just cheap aircraft with fake paperwork being sold into commercial markets.

Most likely.

 

[Silencer1]

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"Mystery of downed chopper" finally revealed?
Fuselage on the right have many low-observability features

 

[riggerrob]

Mercenary (deniable)?

Or just cheap aircraft with fake paperwork being sold into commercial markets.

I very much doubt that anyone who was trying to build a deniable military capability would want aircraft this shoddy.

What about all those Russian-speaking "volunteers" who "liberated" Crimea from Ukrainian rule?

 

[Foo Fighter]

A lot of that about apparently but denied by da bo55.

 

[TomcatViP]

Mercenary (deniable)?

Or just cheap aircraft with fake paperwork being sold into commercial markets.

I doubt you could sell something that have only barely any ressemblance with a known type on multiple occasions. Those things fly around places filled with professionals invariably raising suspicions.
Yes, I know, someone sold the Eiffel Tower... Twice.

 

[dan_inbox]

Those things fly around places filled with professionals invariably raising suspicions.

Valid point if you are thinking of mainstream , mostly Western, places.
Now, if you are flying around, say, Abkhazia, Benghazi, Donbass, Transdnistria, etc things may be slightly different.

 

[boxkite]

It appears that the hulls were removed at the instigation of the police last summer ...
Each fuselage is unique.